Actor

second half 2nd century BCE (Hellenistic)

5 cm 9.7 cm 2.4 cm

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The half-mask over the eyes and nose identifies the figure as an actor. He wears a man's conical cap but female garments, following the Greek custom of men playing the roles of women.

कलाकृति/वस्तु

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9521
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object
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stage
normalized
provenance
provenance
Kann Sale, 1897, no. 98; Arthur Sambon, Paris, 1914 [mode of acquisition unknown] [no. 63]; Joseph Brummer, 1927 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1927, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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1
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Terms

संस्कृति
Greek
माध्यम
bronze
विधा
Metal figurines

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